Mr. Wiley's 6th Grade Science and Geography Class

May I say a big Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!!!

As discussed, there is no homework. Both the Science and Geography homework will be set at the start of January when you return. If you want to do it over the Holidays, you will not be wasting your time.

Today’s class was spent working on the South American Country Poster. No additional class time will be given. If you haven’t finished, it needs to be completed in your own time. Posters to be handed in on Monday.

If the Library still has it, we’ll be watching a video on the Panama Canal tomorrow.

A little Arts and Crafts has arrived to 6th Grade Science. We are in the process of making a Class wall display showing the Earth’s interior. We’ll complete it tomorrow but here is one I prepared earlier……….

So it was all down to luck with what South American country you got. The country names were written on a piece of paper, put in a bowl and then you got to randomly pick.

For the last part of the lesson, we watched a documentary about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Personally, I loved it!!!!

See you tomorrow and work hard.

HW:

I am hoping that the ‘extremely helpful’ Georgianna got to give you all a piece of paper. We decided we wanted to impress the rest of Middle School and decorate the boring wall outside the classroom. With your paper, display the map of your selected country. I would like to collect these on Thursday so I can hang them this week. Use your imaginations and explore your artistic sides!! Remember the whole of the middle school will get to see these so be proud of what you create. Your name and the Country name needs to be included somewhere.

The final students completed their individual presentation today.

HW:

1) All rotting fruit Lab reports to be signed by parent/guardian and return to school tomorrow. In addition, if you obtained an unsatisfactory grade, please resubmit the changed report tomorrow.

2) There will be a General Test on Friday. It will cover what we have covered over the past few months. For example, Scientific Method, Lab Reports, Metric System, Matter, States of Matter etc. There will be a Special Help Session on Thursday.

3) As discussed in class, there will be a quiz tomorrow. The diagram is below and the words are:

i) electrons ii) protons, iii) neutrons iv) nucleus

In addition to understand the words, please find out what ‘charge’ they have. There are clues in the diagram below!!! Click on the Atom link, read and this should answer all your problems.

After discussing Guy Fawkes Night (the extra credit) and the homework, the class took a quiz on countries in South America.

No homework tonight

I hope you all had an enjoyable, fun and fact filled day. During Science today, you enjoyed Bill Nye’s unique look at States of Matter.  I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Happy Halloween everyone

All the Lab reports were handed in. Fruit observations were made. Students that had completed science research for extra credit presented it to the class. Tonights homework was discussed.

HW:

1) Click on your class website list below (1, 3, 4 or 5)

2) Divide the list in half. If you last name begins with a letter between A-M, you need to review the first half of the list. If you last name begins with a letter between N-Z, you need to review the last half of the list.

3) Review each website in your half of the list. Try and spend a minimum of 5 minutes reviewing each website. Check out the games and the info

4) For tomorrow, tell me what website gets the gold, silver and bronze award.

Class 1 Science Website list

Class 3 Science Website list

Class 4 Science Website list

Class 5 Science website list

As well as doing our fruit observation, most of us are nearing the end of our thumb wrestling experiment. We’ll finish it up tomorrow.

HW:

1) Complete Metric Worksheet. Its due tomorrow

2) Please write down what fruit you think is in each photo? Is it your fruit?

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

Photo 4

Photo 5

Well done everyone. You completed your first week of Middle School and your first Science quiz. I will grade them over the weekend.

After the test, we sorted out our binder and looked at various aspects of the course including Grading. You were told that all this information can be found on the Science page of the blog.

Have a great weekend.

H/W: For Monday

1) Ensure that all Laboratory Safety Contracts have been signed and returned to school.

2) Secondly, its completion time!! You were all given a number at the end of the class today. Look at the Laboratory Safety Contract and see what rule your number is. Then on a regular sheet of blank paper, get artistic and illustrate that rule. Put your name and class number on the back. The best ones will be displayed on the walls in the classroom.